Kiyosaki's earlier two businesses (for surfing bags with Velcro fasteners and T-shirts) went bankrupt. In 1997, Kiyosaki launched Cashflow Technologies, Inc., a business and financial education company that owns and operates the Rich Dad and Cashflow brands. In his book, he encouraged parents not to send their children to college and instead to enter the real estate business. In 1993, Kiyosaki published his first book, If You Want to Be Rich and Happy, Don't Go To School. Kiyosaki took a job as a sales associate for Xerox until June 1978. In 1977, he started a company called 'Rippers'. In 1974, Kiyosaki attended the Erhard EST seminars, which he says changed his life. Kiyosaki was born in 1947 in Hilo, in the American Territory of Hawaii, into a family of Japanese descent. Kiyosaki's company, Rich Global LLC, filed for bankruptcy in 2012. Kiyosaki is the subject of a class action suit filed by people who attended his seminars and has been the subject of two investigative documentaries by CBC Canada and WTAE USA. Kiyosaki is the author of more than 26 books, including the international self-published personal finance Rich Dad Poor Dad series of books which has been translated into 51 languages and sold over 41 million copies worldwide. He is also the creator of the Cashflow board and software games to educate adults and children about business and financial concepts. The company's main revenues come from franchisees of the Rich Dad seminars that are conducted by independent individuals using Kiyosaki's brand name. Kiyosaki is the founder of Rich Global LLC and the Rich Dad Company, a private financial education company that provides personal finance and business education to people through books and videos.

Robert Toru Kiyosaki (born April 8, 1947) is an American entrepreneur, businessman and author. United States Merchant Marine Academy ( BS).

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